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Does a well-coordinated gathering make you smile? Do you love organizing and preparing for lots of people to come together for a shared interest? Do you enjoy meeting with people and helping them facilitate their perfect event? If so, read on!CIC is looking for a personable and organized individual to lead the events program. This is an exciting, full-time opportunity for someone with at least 5 years of professional experience developing, curating, and leading events and programming.ABOUT CICCIC is a global leader in building and operating innovation communities. Founded in 1999 in Cambridge, MA, CIC is one of the first companies to offer flexible office space and coworking options, providing a platform for the world’s most impactful entrepreneurs to innovate better and faster.
We have locations in Boston, Cambridge, Miami, Philadelphia, Providence, Rotterdam, St. Louis, Warsaw, and Tokyo and are growing into other cities, within the US and abroad. CIC has supported over 6,000 startups, growth companies, and branches of larger organizations, representing for-profit, mission-driven, and non-profit sectors across a wide array of industries.
CIC co-founded a number of mission-aligned organizations including Venture Café, CIC’s primary non-profit programming partner, and CIC Health, offering COVID-19 testing services to companies and the public.
We invite you to explore all our openings and learn more about our teams here.ABOUT CIC PHILADELPHIACIC Philadelphia is located within uCity Square at 3675 Market Street, alongside our local partner, the University City Science Center. At 3675 Market, CIC offers world-class office and lab facilities, while the Science Center supports its nationally recognized technology commercialization programs, as well as new programs focused on mentoring, funding, strategy development and resources to accelerate businesses from idea to IPO and beyond.The partnership between CI and the Science Center strengthens our collective ability to serve Philadelphia’s startups and serial entrepreneurs. Together, we aim to catalyze and accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship in Greater Philadelphia.YOUR DAY-TO-DAY WORKThis role is focused on event coordination within the CIC space. However, the Events Lead will also frequently engage with other internal CIC teams such as operations or sales, as well as community partners, building tenants, and anchor partners through an events lens. The work entails collaborative projects, as well as independent work.Responsibilities may include:• Owning and facilitating all aspects of CIC Philadelphia events hosted by CIC members and 3675 Market Street partners. This entails managing event details through the entire process.• Coordination includes providing tours and quotes for event spaces and conference rooms, conducting consistent and effective correspondence with event hosts, communicating with building management and security, updating the Certificate of Insurance for vendors, ensuring all event details are clear to the CIC Team and in line with CIC policies, marketing events to the startup community, arranging event staffing, and managing event follow-up and evaluation.• Curating and developing events and programming that provide enrichment and value to the CIC community.• Identify beneficial content and effective platforms, such as panel discussions, local and international speakers, and conferences, to successfully execute events.• Working closely with Philadelphia stakeholders in our community and innovation ecosystem to identify gaps in programming and, by partnering with outside organizations, address them through creative ideas and execution. Key areas where CIC has developed events and programming include education, fintech, health technology, resiliency planning, climate change, creative economy, and more.• Collaborating with larger partners for conferences and co-hosted events, as well as with CIC’s nonprofit partner, Venture Cafe, on events and programming for CIC event series within the Venture Cafe’s weekly Thursday programming.• Train and supervise a small, nimble events team as needed.• Develop and maintain a positive and collaborative working relationship with partners and ties in the community.• Support other members of the Philadelphia team and global CIC events team with tasks and projects, as appropriate or necessary.• Development and support of social media, website, and communications materials for events, programming, and company goals. This includes designing events flyers, in print and digital collateral, and branding for events and programming.• Oversee the development and execution of the monthly external newsletter.• Be the face of, and represent CIC Events at conferences, community meetings, outside events, and moreABOUT YOUOur ideal candidate will be service-minded, reliable, and clever and possess the following characteristics:• Able to work independently while communicating effective
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